IS SOCIAL MEDIA JUST A FAD - I WOULDN'T COUNT ON IT
In 1995, Newsweek released an article titled, " Why The Web Won't Be Nirvana ." This article was basically written to make the argument that the Internet was only going to be a fad. Paragraph after paragraph, it literally mocks the thought of being able to take a computer to the beach, purchasing items via the internet, or even having newspapers or books replaced with digital versions. Author of the article, Clifford Stoll, made it very clear this would soon fade out, and the Internet would only be a fad. Two decades later, here we are again. The term, "fad," is being thrown around once more, and guess what...they were wrong again. It's funny how wrong Clifford, and many others, were about the Internet and its possibilities. Nearly each resource or tool he said could never come from the internet, has flourished on the internet. As the...